While Butterfly Labs has taken endless heat and hostility over their shipping delays both in the past and currently, one has to admire the amount of dedication and expertise to continue producing the high quality Bitcoin mining hardware that they are know for.

In this post we will visit their latest creation, Monarch. This iteration of mining hardware has now passed from conceptual phase to reality with photos of their board and mining silicon wafers now posted.

Therefore, please review the details below and see for yourself.

Performance

600 GH/s nominal performance ( + / - 20% )

350w (0.6w/GH conservative estimate)

Connectivity

USB 2.0 - Monarch cards can be used as an external computer peripheral and chained via USB hub. In this mode the Bitcoin Mining Hardware can be controlled via an Android host or standard Linux or Windows computer.

PCI-Express - Monarch cards consume two PCI slots when installed in a standard ATX motherboard. The PCIe format used is x1 for maximum compatibility.